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Umbilicaria cylindrica

(L.) Delise ex Duby

Fringed Rocktripe Lichen

G5Secure Found in 3 roadless areas NatureServe Explorer →

G5SecureGlobal Rank

Identity

Unique IDELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.123966

Element CodeNLLEC5N060

Record TypeSPECIES

ClassificationSpecies

Classification StatusStandard

Name CategoryFungus

Endemicoccurs (regularly, as a native taxon) in multiple nations

KingdomFungi

PhylumAscomycota

ClassLecanoromycetes

OrderLecanorales

FamilyUmbilicariaceae

GenusUmbilicaria

Other Common Names

Ombilicaire cylindrique (FR)

Concept Reference

Esslinger, T.L. and R.S. Egan. 1995. A sixth checklist of the lichen-forming, lichenicolous, and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. The Bryologist 98(4): 467-549.

Conservation Status

Rank MethodPre-2010 methodology converted to 2011 data model

Review Date2013-06-21

Change Date2013-06-21

Edition Date1998-12-02

Edition AuthorsGRIES, D.

Rank Reasons

Umbilicaria cylindrica ranges from Alaska south to the western Cascades of Oregon, to Colorado, and to the White Mountains of New England. It grows on noncalcareous rock in subalpine to alpine habitat.

Range Extent Comments

Alaska to Oregon (McCune and Geiser 1997). Circumpolar, ranges south to the White Mountains in New England and to Oregon and Colorado in the west (Thomson 1984).

Ecology & Habitat

Habitat

Grows on noncalcareous rock; subalpine to alpine (McCune and Geiser 1997).

Other Nations (2)

United StatesNNR

Province	Rank	Native
Oregon	SNR	Yes
Washington	S1	Yes
Colorado	SNR	Yes
Alaska	SNR	Yes

CanadaN5

Province	Rank	Native
Labrador	SU	Yes
Alberta	S2	Yes
Quebec	S4	Yes
Nunavut	S4	Yes
New Brunswick	S1	Yes
Yukon Territory	SU	Yes
Island of Newfoundland	S4	Yes
British Columbia	S5	Yes
Northwest Territories	S4	Yes

Plant Characteristics

Economic Value (Genus)No

Roadless Areas (3)

Alaska (2)

Area	Forest	Acres
Johnson Pass	Chugach National Forest	152,508
Resurrection	Chugach National Forest	224,615

Montana (1)

Area	Forest	Acres
Italian Peak	Beaverhead-Deerlodge National Forest	90,401

References (4)

Esslinger, T. L. 2018. A cumulative checklist for the lichen-forming, lichenicolous and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada, Version 22. Opuscula Philolichenum 17:6-268. [http://sweetgum.nybg.org/philolichenum/]
Esslinger, T.L. and R.S. Egan. 1995. A sixth checklist of the lichen-forming, lichenicolous, and allied fungi of the continental United States and Canada. The Bryologist 98(4): 467-549.
McCune, B. and L. Geiser. 1997. Macrolichens of the Pacific Northwest. Oregon State University Press, Corvallis, Oregon. A co-publication with the U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service. 386 pp.
Thomson, J.W. 1984. American arctic lichens. 1. The macrolichens. Columbia University Press, N.Y. 504 pp.